Chop Shop recording artist Anya Marina has unveiled a busy slate of activities surrounding the recent release of her critically acclaimed album, "Slow & Steady Seduction: Phase II." The Los Angeles-based songstress will make her national television debut tonight with a performance of "Move You (SSSPII)" on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live!

In other news, the companion video to "Move You (SSSPII)" has just been added at mtvU. Rotation will begin on Monday, February 23. The Roman Polanski-inspired video was directed by Scott Coffey and made its debut on AOL in December.

Marina - who recently wrapped tours with Atlantic recording artists Jason Mraz and The Virgins - has slated a further run of live dates, including a hometown full-band show at San Diego's The Casbah on April 3rd. Also scheduled are a number of solo performances alongside Greg Laswell and Jay Nash, kicking off on Wednesday, February 25th at Atlanta's Vinyl and then continuing through mid-March. From there, Anya will hit Austin, Texas for a number of South By Southwest showcase appearances, including the annual Chop Shop Records showcase, to be held Saturday, March 21st at Maggie Mae's. Further North American dates will be announced shortly.

Produced by Louis XIV's Brian Karscig and Spoon's Britt Daniel, Slow & Steady Seduction: Phase II is a tightly honed collection of winking pop gems and slyly sexy rock 'n' roll, an ideal showcase for Marina's deft melodic sensibility and striking vocal stylings. Tracks such as "Vertigo" and "Lullaby For A Realist" are distinguished by Anya's unique lyrical perspective, at turns wryly humorous and disarmingly intimate. Other highlights include the cabaret-tinged "All The Same To Me" and an evocative cover of the Antonio Carlos Jobim/Elis Regina classic, "Waters of March."

Marina and Slow & Steady Seduction: Phase II have already received copious critical commendation, including a three-star review in Rolling Stone and a full-page "Breaking Out" feature in Spin. Filter praised the album as "a playfully rhythmic and melodic collection of thought-provoking pop tunes that present a matured songwriter with a bit of edge," while Marie Claire hailed Anya for "(salting) her cutesy pop with conspiratorial whispers, cooing around hurdy-gurdy rhythms." "This lady really is a vamp," declared People, "seducing you with a sultry mix of pop, folk, blues, jazz, even bossa nova - and a Lolita-like voice that brings to mind a naughty Corinne Bailey Rae."

"The album is packed with complex pop songs and catchy choruses," applauded the San Diego Union-Tribune, adding that "with all the horns and fuzzy guitars and xylophones on her big label debut, it sounds as if she were born an indie rocker." "Marina's charms take time to slowly sink in and seduce you," noted the Boston Globe, "and they make you wonder what happened in Phase I."